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I’ve been sitting on one too many Portables needing a recap. Yesterday I decided to get moving and actually complete one. Apart from these boards sucking a TON of heat from my iron, the job was straightforward. Keep in mind I did not test this board before the recap as to not cause damage to...

Yesterday I decided to open up a Color Classic I’ve had on the bench for a while. My Post-It note said that the analog board was inside, but the caps were removed… cool! I opened it up and got to replacing them. Strangely, I noticed some flux residue and fresh solder on the leads of the flyback...

As promised, I'm starting a thread for my tinkering with upgrading the internals of the well-known and somewhat hated power supplies for the Mac II/Quadra 650/700 desktops. Like many of you, I have a few of these that are dead as a doornail. For the rebuild, I've ordered three 300W Seasonic...

I was browsing and have noticed quite a few unresolved threads surrounding video/startup issues with the Mac IIci. My pledge to the forum is that when I solve my own issues, I'll post a follow-up with the solution (if there is one) ;) I've got a recapped IIci board that has a couple of issues...

I'm posting this here in hopes of eventually helping someone else out as I work to solve my own problems. Here's one I haven't seen before, it's a "simasimac" screen with the lovely addition of some video MUX issues (vertical bands). Funny thing is, the board itself is very clean. I've seen much...

Hi all, I am working on an SE/30 that works with the exception of the serial ports. Snooper 2 is my go-to for testing, as it seems to be reliable in picking up problems. The issue is, the entire system crashes when I run the serial port tests. With loopbacks connected, it'll give me the...

So, I've had this Plus for a while and haven't been sure what to make of it. I've never seen any badging done this way. It has the "square" form factor Apple logo, but with a silkscreen. The silkscreening seems to have been done professionally based on what I can see. I thought the "Plus"...

I've had this board for a while but haven't really looked at it much until recently. I have no idea what it's for, other than maybe driving an external monitor. I really can't find any information online about it either. My question is this - why would it need a 68000 processor and four RAM...

Posting this here to help document a fix that worked for me to get this machine up and running again. A few months back, I ended up with a IIsi that had some of the worst cap leakage I've seen. Lots of corrosion and missing solder mask. I don't have a photo handy but I'll try to find one (seeing...

Hi all, I decided to document my latest project board - yup, another battery bombed SE/30. Now, some photos! This is how I received it (yikes). Here's what it looked like after a very thorough cleaning. This is where I'm at now: Battery holder removed UD1 removed, cleaned, replaced RP4...

I wanted to share this beauty I picked up last night. You already know it's battery bombed (aren't they all). Here are some photos for fun. It came with a display card, networking card, and RAM of unknown capacity. I figured I'd share my progress here in the hopes that it's entertaining and...

Apologies for the click bait title... I couldn't resist! Needless to say I'm working on a troublesome SE/30 which appears to be in "jail". When I first received this board it did boot to a cursor and flashing disk, which makes this all the more frustrating. Thinking it would be simple, I did the...

I have a CD-ROM expansion module with a strange issue. It will only read discs if I hold the mechanism in place and press into the laptop. If I release, the disc spins down and unmount from the OS. Ejecting also only works if I release my hold on the door right as I hear the click of the latch...